SHOOTING ACCIDENT IN WISCONSIN LEAVES MAN HURT
Peter Mattingly fired at a noise in the woods near Anon Am Fired, injuring Richard Davis in Harrison township, not far from Glendyle. The blast struck him in the face, wounding him severely but doctors believed he would recover. Davis, a married man with three children, was out fox chasing with farmers when the misfire occurred. Mattingly fired toward a target mistaken for a coon, the shot embedding in Davis's flesh and swelling his face and eyes.
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Emred Thor
Harrison
Mattingly
Davis
Mr. Davis
Guggenheim in Court Again in Divorce Records Action
Chicago January 24 reopening of the Guggenheim free litigation follows an earlier ruling by Judge Heard denying Grace Guggenheim’s petition to set aside her divorce from William Guggenheim. Hearings are set for next Monday on a court order summoning the couple to show cause why the divorce should not be expunged for fraud. The order lay dormant since 1908 amid dissolution proceedings by Myre Guggenheim.
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Chicago
Guggenheim
Grace Guggenheim
Wiliam Guggenheim
Honore
Myre. Guggenheim
West Virginia Senate Deadlock Ends with Woods Choice
Samuel V. Woods, a Democrat, was elected president of the West Virginia Senate on the 110th ballot as Republicans voted solidly for him, breaking a deadlock between the two parties. The vote elevates Woods to the presiding post in the upper house.
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Virginia
Charlestes
W. Va
Jas
Senate
West Virginia
Samuel V. Woods
Woods
Lowlands Flooding Across Ohio River Valley
Cairo flood report notes river at 48.2 feet with water spreading into lowlands in Kentucky and southern Illinois areas. Separate Albany measure passes in senate on women suffrage constitutional amendment, with citizenship rules tied to marriage and residency thresholds.
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Cairo
Kentucky
Miesisaippi County
Rockefeller Sone Again In Palm Beach Testimony Delay
Ferdinand Rockefeller, frail and ill, left Palm Beach for Georgia coast as the money trust probe seeks his testimony. The departure, shrouded in mystery, raises questions about his ability to appear before the Pujo committee in the inquiry into Wall Street influence. Samuel Untermyer, counsel for the committee, had been sent to Palm Beach to determine Rockefeller's condition and readiness to testify.
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Ferdinand
Pla
Wilim Rockefeller
Jekyldland
Georgia
de Pujo
Florida
Samuel Catermyer
Palm Beach
Rockefeller
Taggart Backs Popular Vote For U S Senators
Indianapolis Jan 24 A Senate resolution by Senator Carleton of Evansville would ratify the constitutional amendment for direct election of United States senators by the people. Senator Taggart endorsed direct election, while debates center on calling a state constitutional convention. The legislature eyes agricultural and industrial education bills, a public hearing on eight hour work for women, and an inheritance tax measure.
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Albany
N.Y
Women’s Suffrage Movement
Senate
United States
Indhapolis
Ind
Carleton
Evans Ville
Thomas
Taggert
Indiana
Béntiment
Benator Brotsenburg
Ralston
Gomi
Uci i
Fais
House of Representatives
Alse
Farge Department Stores
Ciy
Bliss
Boon
Sibson
Po- Bey
Curtis
House
Stevens
Stotsenburg
Edison Receives Rathenau Medal For Storage Battery Work
New York January Edison the American inventor was honored by the American Museum Safety society at its annual medal awards ceremony. He received the Rathenau medal the first awarded for safety devices in electrical industry. The award cites his storage battery work and its potential uses in mines underwater tunnels factories and explosive environments.
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New York
Exlisar
Americad
Amerkcan Museum
Edison
Raichenau
Allgemeine Electricaets Ges Ehalt
Berlin
Razhenu
Fraudulent postage stamp scheme shocks nation
Postoffice inspectors reveal a vast illegal trafficking network in postage stamps. Reports indicate at least 2 million dollars in annual frauds, with indictments issued against brokers in New York and Chicago and confessions from several investigators. Montana suffrage bill advances to governor after passage by the house.
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Washington
Postoffice
Hitcheath
Alcmo
New York
Chicago
Mont
Senate
Montana
House
Aviator survives 240 foot fall near Rheims cathedral
Reports from multiple locations recount fatal and near-fatal air incidents. French aviator Charles Gaulard was hurled 240 feet when his megaplane capsized during a flight by Rheims cathedral spires but survived with serious injuries. Nearby, two pilots die in separate crashes during military maneuvers near Burg, one fatally when his biplane collapsed.
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Rheime
France
Charles Gaulard
Rheims
Berlin
Burg
Lidut
Otto''Schlegel
Steat
al von Scheel
Nazim Pasha Shot Amid Constantipole Revolt Turmoil
Nazim Pasha, former Turkish war minister and commander, was killed during Young Turk demonstrations in Constantinople. The incident followed cabinet resignations and a broad revolt as factions clash, with Enver Bey and Tulast Bey implicated in orders to avoid bloodshed. Turkish leadership collapses as Abdul Hamid era ends and a new cabinet forms amid crisis.
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Nazim Pasha
Enver Bey
Constantidople
Turkey
Tulast Bey
Enver Rey
Nasir Pasha
Hewan
Nazim
Mukhtar
Biami
Cay
Constantiaaats Fa
Kiami
Adrianople
Sweetheart Loss Sparks Fortunes and Theft Claim
A corrupted note reports Lydia Lemke gave $3 250 to Win Sweetheart and a fortune teller predicted wealth. The text then mentions a person took $3 850 from her and hints at a theft or swindle involving a former sweetheart and a man named Jal.
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Nicaga
Lydia Lemke
Secretary Knox urges inquiry on arbitration row gains pace
Web notes from January 24 describe Secretary Knox proposing an inquiry board to settle tensions over coastwise trade and Panamanian tolls. He argues diplomacy can resolve the dispute without general arbitration, while noting past Knox-Bryan treaty limits. A special commission could study Panama tolls and British shipping effects.
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Knox
Cermet
Panama
Great Bratt
Senate
Taft Hag
America
Great Britain
Papama Canal
Durton Sentenced for Contributing to Delinquency Case
In Logansport Indiana on January 24 Georg Durton a wealthy bachelor farmer was sentenced to two to twenty one years in state prison for contributing to the delinquency of Lena Flatfield 13 years old He admitted buying the child from her stepmother and said he was driven by too much money and an unoccupied mind and his remark was noted by the court as part of the defense in the Peru venue change proceeding.
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Logansport
Ind
Georg Durton
Lena Flatfield
Sam Ghilty
Durton
Willard F. Fisher Urges Limited Church Closures
Hartford Jan 24 Prof Willard Fisher Wesleyan University former Middletown mayor advocates closing all churches for a limited time as an experiment to promote liberal Sunday laws. He warns against hollow religion and urges practical charity over worship.
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Hartford
Conn
Willard
Fisher
Wesleyan University
Middletown
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